Pirates Designate Enny Romero

The Pirates have designated lefty Enny Romero for assignment after activating him from the disabled list, per a club announcement. In other moves, the club promoted righty Nick Kingham and optioned infielder/outfielder Jose Osuna.

While the club’s maneuvering did not require a 40-man spot, Romero’s return to health forced a decision. He is out of options, meaning he had to be added back to the active roster or cut loose.

Romero was very nearly designated earlier in the year, before his shoulder injury was discovered. The hard-throwing southpaw, who was claimed from the Nationals in April, has thrown only six MLB frames on the season.

He’s no closer, the point was at how bad the Nats bullpen was. Seems like the Nats always have some sort of hole on every playoff team they run out on the field. Only this year they seem more well rounded, and they aren’t nearly as good as their 2012/14/16/17 versions of themselves. Makes you wonder if firing Dusty was the right move. (I do acknowledge they’ve had major injury issues, though.)

Even with their vast array of injuries the Nationals have maintained a pretty solid level of success, SOLELY due to their roster depth. Rizzo has done an excellent job once again setting this team up for a deep postseason run, seemingly filling in just about all of their roster holes and weaknesses, except at catcher..

Again, the only position Rizzo has not been able to fill is at the Catcher position. He tried to fill that hole with the signing of Wieters, but Wieters has continued to battle through a continuous string of injuries dramatically affecting his level of effectiveness on the field.

So yeah, basically, he’s been a bust; HOWEVER, Rizzo might be able to make up for his mistake on Wieters come the trade deadline. He can do this by trading for his former franchise catcher Wilson Ramos. Ramos is looking more and more like the Ramos that broke out in 2016, before he suffered that bad injury.

With his abilities defensively, and with his above average bat, he would fill the Gnats most glaring weakness, and Ramos is certainly attainable at an affordable price…

And you’re talking about one of the deepest lineups in baseball, rivaling that of even Boston AND New York..If the Gnats can get Ramos, then they’ll be scary good come post-season time..Not to mention, NO TEAM wants to face the trio of Scherzer, Strasburg, and Gio 4 times in a first to 4 series..Especially not with the likes of Roark and the new and improved Hellickson waiting to start, and Doolittle and Herrera practically making it a 7-inning contest..

Also, keep in mind, I STRONGLY dislike the Nationals, hence their nickname, the Gnats..lol..Quite clearly, I’m a Braves fan, but I cannot deny the Gnats immense talent. As a former player, former coach, life-long fan, current umpire, and just as an admirer of the game of baseball, you cannot help but respect the collection of talent Washington has put together!!

Am I the only one who thinks it’s weird that the title is about a player being released and the photo is a whole bunch of players high fiving each other. Like it’s looks like they are celebrating his release?? 🙂